Connecticut (CT) Nickname: Constitution State, Nutmeg State Capital: Hartford Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains) Flower: Mountain laurel Bird: American Robin Tree: White oak Song: Yankee Doodle Entered Union: January 9, 1788 Rank: 5 The 50 State Quarters Program Release Date: October 12, 1999 Official Website of Connecticut Famous people from Connecticut Ethan Allen Eli Whitney Phineas T. Barnum Samuel Colt Jonathan Edwards Nathan Hale Katharine Hepburn Robert Mitchum Isaac Hull J. Pierpont Morgan Israel Putnam Wallace Stevens Harriet Beecher Stowe Mark Twain Noah Webster